MONTEGUT, La. – Even before oil began spewing into the Gulf of Mexico last spring, Louisiana's American-Indian fishing villages were on the brink of collapse because of social change and the dramatic...

WASHINGTON – Americans spent at the fastest pace in three years in 2010, boosted by a strong finish in December. Consumer spending rose 0.7 percent in December, the sixth straight monthly increase,...

WASHINGTON – David Axelrod, protector of President Barack Obama’s message, picked the right day to show up at a news conference. His boss wasn’t just going off script. He was going off. Humbled...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar – Myanmar opened its first parliament in more than two decades Monday, an event greeted with cautious optimism by opposition lawmakers despite the military’s tight management of...

MOSCOW (AP) — An explosion ripped through the international arrivals hall at Moscow’s busiest airport on Monday, killing at least 31 people and wounding up to 145 as it coated the terminal in...

It is rare to find hope and optimism amidst a national tragedy. Representative Gabrielle Giffords suffered a traumatic shot to the head only two weeks ago, and doctors were not optimistic. However,...

After a tumultuous year of trying to rebuild Haiti from the ground up following the devastating January 12 earthquake, an on-going controversial general election, and a shocking cholera outbreak...

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan's president said Monday he will honor a deal not to further delay the inauguration of the country's new parliament, a decision that appeared to end a standoff with incoming...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Tony Brown didn't set out to overhaul his college's policies on intellectual property. He just wanted an easier way of tracking local apartment rentals on his iPhone. The University...

NEW YORK – Bone-chilling cold prompted schools around the Northeast to delay openings or cancel classes altogether on Monday. The cold snap was linked to at least two weekend deaths, including that of...

DETROIT – General Motors Co. sold more cars and trucks in China last year than it did in the U.S., for the first time in the company’s 102-year history. Despite GM’s growth in China, Toyota Motor...

NEW YORK – The price of oil fell on Monday after the Saudi oil minister hinted that his country, the world’s biggest oil producer, may raise supplies to put the brakes on higher oil prices. Benchmark...

TUCSON, Ariz. – The man accused of carrying out the mass shooting in Tucson faces a court hearing Monday — an early step in a case against Jared Loughner that could take years to wend its way through...

Vary rarely does something happen that creates an international buzz overnight. But around the end of November, WikiLeaks did just that. Starting on Sunday, November 28, the web-based media organization...

Whenever a political decision is made, whether it is to help people through social security or to increase taxes, the bottom line is always money. The question: how much will it cost versus how much can...